Area Historical Sites and Museums

New England is a historic place!  Come to Historic York and see the history just minutes from your hotel room, or visit neighboring towns and explore the sites and museums of the New England coast.
 

Strawbery Banke
14 Hancock St.
Portsmouth, NH
603.436.8010
Outdoor major historical restoration project and historically restored community museum, colonial America
Open May - October

Albacore Park
600 Market St.
Portsmouth, NH
Year round guided tours of the most advanced US Navy submarine build before the atomic subs

Kittery Historical & Naval Museum
Kittery, ME
207.439.3080
History of Kittery and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

John Paul Jones House
Portsmouth, NH
603.436.8420
Display of colonial and post-colonial furniture and artifacts

Fort Foster
Gerrish Island
Kittery, ME
The last of the old forts in the Portsmouth, NH area, served the Seacoast from post Civil War until post WWII, now a park with  picnic areas and walking trails 

Fort McClary
Kittery Point, ME
The site occupied by Fort McClary has been an important Military position 1689